Factories have processed 142,000 tons of grapes from the ongoing harvest in Georgia’s eastern winemaking region of Kakheti, with about 13,000 growers generating GEL 141 million ($48.45 million) in income so far, the Georgian national wine agency announced on September 22. Local growers have processed the following grape varieties: Rkatsiteli – 75,000 tons, Saperavi –…
Ukraine has already sent 120,000 tons of grain as part of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), namely to Ethiopia, Yemen and Afghanistan. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry on Facebook. “As part of the UN World Food Programme, a total of 120,000 tons of wheat has already been exported…
The EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes and the UN-led Black Sea Grain Initiative have helped partially alleviate the severity of the global food crisis and deliver Ukrainian grain to countries most in need – in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. European Council President Charles Michel said this in his remarks at the Global Food Security Summit…
On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Federal Chancellor of Austria Karl Nehammer discussed the current situation in Ukraine and the issue of food security. This is said in a tweet posted by the Austrian chancellor. “It was a pleasure to meet my Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal…
The farmers of Vinnytsia region began new season of sugar beets harvesting. Serhiy Borzov, the head of Vinnytsia Regional Military Administratin, reported about it on his Telegram-page. Sugar beets were harvested from the area of 0.8 thousand hectares (1.8%) and amounted to 30.5 thousand tons with the average yield of 381.3 ton/ha. (Ukrsugar/Business World Magazine)
The year-on-year price of bread rose by a third in Lithuania in August, according to Eurostat’s Monday data quoted by Reuters. The highest increase in bread price was recorded in Hungary with 66%. Throughout the European Union, the price of bread rose by 18% in August. The prices have been impacted by Russia’s invasion of…
Between September 12 and September 18, Ukraine exported 1.1 million tons of agricultural products via the Odesa region’s ports, up 2-fold from the previous week. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) on Facebook. During this period, the number of vessels loaded at the Ukrainian ports also increased by 18. Most…